时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(八月)


英语课

 1. Representative Todd Akin 1 says he is staying in the race for Missouri Senate despite comments that women's body can prevent pregnancies 2 in cases of so-called legitimate 3 rape 4. He is facing growing calls to leave the race.


 
 
 
2. Authorities say two college students were killed when a coal train derails near Baltimore. The two students are apparently 5 drinking, hanging out on the tracks. Neighbors heard screaming brakes, then a crash.
 
 
 
3. A fire threatens thousands of homes in Northern California. And it is just 35% contained. Shifting winds may have helped keep the blaze away from homes for now.
 
 
 
4. A new late-night fight is brewing 6. ABC is moving Jimmy Kimmel Live into the time slot against David Letterman and Jay Leno starting in January. Nightline will follow and get a weekly prime-time slot.

1 akin
adj.同族的,类似的
  • She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
  • Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。
2 pregnancies
怀孕,妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )
  • Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象,战时人口正该补充。
  • She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。
3 legitimate
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
4 rape
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
5 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
学英语单词
acropora sarmentosa
air-activated blender
ammonioformaldehyde
ankner
application entity
automatic digital network (autodin)
automatic transfer equipment
back swimmer, backswimmer
backward moving average representation
californiums
cash on delivery sales sales
catch per unit effort
cathophorite (brabantite)
chandui
cheilanthes gracillimas
Collision Caused by Fault of One Party
converbs
crack-per-pass
crude scale wax
diazotrophs
dimethylphosphonic acid
discharge overboard
dot snot
ebulliton
elola
equilibrium activity
Erigeron komarovii
FIATA FCT
fire teasers
flapless
forest maturation
Ganglia thoracica
glandulae cutis
gluteal muscle
Green Peter Res.
Guayaquil, G.de
hard-swearings
hgih-tension coil
in total
isolated interstice
Jossaite
kitchen sink
knocked it off
less-celebrated
leucimycin
list control valve
machine switching
magnetic multipole radiation
malencolious
marl effect yarn
materia alba
maximal orthonormal system
medium-scale integration
mission engineer
module test program
monocephalous
morrison waites
multigrade
noninertial coordinate system
onsilly
Paga Conta
patrol district
power and control cable penetration
power inverter
pre-literate
primary lifting elevator
prunus persica batsch var.pyramidalis dipp.
purified ether
quick-starts
radiation-sensitive material
ranging device
regular size
reverse phase chromatography
ringbinder
rotary elevator
rough-air penetration
samarideous
satellite communication control facility
sea-levels
seal casing
semiconductor impurities
Semitically
septulate
setastine
shaell
single chain structure
strengthening the spleen and tonifying the lung
tapered hub
three-axis copying device
three-point guidance
tonalitive
true slime mold
two minutes' silence
two-word instruction
underscreening
virtual image
wasserfall
with dry eyes
working room
writing-desk